Dwight Freeney would like to hit Peyton Manning

There’s still plenty of football left to play this season, which makes it a bit premature to start thinking about any potential playoff matchups.

It’s hard not to notice, though, that the current AFC playoff picture includes the Broncos as a division leader and the Colts as a Wild Card team. That could mean a matchup in the playoffs between Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck, the guy who replaced him in Indianapolis this season.

That’s not the only intriguing thing about that matchup. Manning would also be taking the field against some defensive players who have spent their careers benefitting from his presence instead of having to try to come up with ways to stop Manning from shredding them on their way to victory. Linebacker Dwight Freeney is one of those players and he admitted this week to thinking about the possibility of putting a hit on the guy he was required to avoid in practice for the last 10 years.

“Peyton obviously (was) the staple of Indianapolis and this organization for years. I went after him in practice year in and year out and never got a chance to hit him. So, yeah, I would love to hit him,” Freeney said in an interview with Dave Dameshek of NFL.com “If you think about it, that’ll be strange, but I’ll be excited.”

If the Colts are going to make it to a playoff showdown with the Broncos (or anybody else), it would help if Freeney started hitting a few more people now. He’s got one sack and four tackles in five games this season.

I cannot believe the amount of hype this team got after last weeks win. The local news was so bad I turned the channel. They were acting like the Colts won the Superbowl not beat a bad Tennessee team. Unbelievable.

a. freeney is a linebacker this year, quepasha
b. how is he injury prone? he’s been hurt this year but he started 16 games the last two seasons.
c. they tried to trade him in the offseason, didn’t get a good enough offer. his contract expires this year. might as well keep him and get the compensatory draft pick…

Has Frenney hit anyone this year ?? Will he change his name to Denny’s ? Looks like he eat one too many pancake. This dude couldn’t start for Big Blue at any position except water boy.I know he can play for Dallas, they run their mouths like Frenney.